Disco Step-by-Step® - promotes "Saturday Night Fever" - 1977

Disco Step-by-Step® - the first television show dedicated to disco music, dance instruction, and hustle dancing. It began production in 1975 and ended in 1980.

This dance segment helped promote the movie, "Saturday Night Fever" prior to its general public release in 1977. A film clip featuring John Travolta and Karen Lynn Gorney hustle dancing was edited and inserted into the show during post-production.

The promotional clip was sent to the show by producer, Robert Stigwood.

This was the very first time any "Saturday Night Fever" movie footage or its' soundtrack music was publicly aired. This part of the clip was used because it featured John Travolta hustle dancing.

One can tell by the casual sounding introduction to this segment that no special consideration was being given to the Bee Gees song or to the movie. It was treated as just another segment introduction. No extra hype was pre-planned.

The host did mention the movie in his voice-over comments at the end of the segment stating: "...and 'More Than a Woman' from 'Saturday Night Fever' with the Bee Gees!"

No one knew at this early date just what a tremendoust impact the movie and its' music would have on the disco movement.

In early 1978, an entire Disco Step-by-Step® show was dedicated to the film. Many songs from the soundtrack were featured.

The "Saturday Night Fever" movie soundtrack became the largest selling album in the world until 1983. To date it is still the largest selling "soundtrack" in history.

The film is notable for being one of the first instances of cross-media marketing, with the tie-in soundtrack being used to help promote the film before its release and the film popularizing the entire soundtrack after its release.

Disco Step-by-Step® also helped to promote "Thank God It's Friday" and in 1978 dedicated an entire show to that movie and soundtrack.

Disco Step-by-Step® was produced, written, and created by Marty Angelo.

For more information see - http://www.martyangelo.com/discostepbystep.htm

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• disco
• hustle
• dancing
• saturday-night-fever
• travolta
• stars
• dwts

[microminiskirt]

IN THE MOVIE SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER ANYONE KNOW THE NAME OF THE SONG (INSTRUMENTAL) THAT THE SECOND PLACE COUPLE DANCED TO THAT JOHN TRAVOLTA GAVE HIS TROPHY TO?

[sb1s1d]

@microminiskirt The song "K-Jee" was used during the dance contest with the Hispanic couple that competed against Tony and Stephanie. Some VHS cassettes used a more traditional Latin-style song instead. The DVD restores the original recording.

[sb1s1d]

@microminiskirt The song "K-Jee" was recorded by the group MFSB and you can find it on YouTube. It is on the original soundtrack.

[microminiskirt]

@sb1s1d THANK YOU FOR THAT INFO.

[retrocheeta9]

@nadinetrestman Seaatle lacks this night life unfortunatley.

[retrocheeta9]

@nadinetrestman Man, you lucky duck! i wish I lived through this era. Fun, classy and just wonderful music. So much better than rap.

[retrocheeta9]

Why the hell is club not around, it was such a fun time!

[joepic85]

@CFITOMAHAWK2 Buffalo NY, in the 747

[nadinetrestman]

I am in this video!

[fullervisiondotnet]

@CFITOMAHAWK2 This is actually Buffalo, New York (which today is the home of the World's Largest Disco), circa 1977. The host you see in the first few seconds is NBC fill-in personality Kevin O'Connell.